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maelstrom


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maelstrom  \Mael"strom\,  n.  [Norw.,  a  whirlpool.] 
  1.  A  celebrated  whirlpool  on  the  coast  of  Norway. 
 
  2.  Also  Fig.;  as  a  maelstrom  of  vice. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  maelstrom 
  n  :  a  powerful  circular  current  of  water  (usually  the  resulting 
  of  conflicting  tides)  [syn:  {whirlpool},  {vortex}] 




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